Page 2, May 20, 1983
SPILYAY TYMOO
Season cut short
Ceremonial and subsistence
fishing for spring chinook on
the Columbia River was cut
sh o rt after the allocated
number of chinook were taken
for the season.
A change has been made in
the title of permits being issued
to tribes for ceremonial and
subsistence fishing. C ere
monial permits are issued for
f is h e r ie s f o r d e s ig n a te d
ceremonies such as root feast.
The permit issued to take
salmon fof use at funerals and
as donations is now referred to
as F u tu re T rib a l N eeds
perifiits.
_ Twenty-five hundred spring
chinook were taken above
Bonneville dam by the four
treaty tribes involved in this
two week future needs fishery.
The tribes involved are: Nez
Perce, Umatilla and Warm
Springs.
The salmon season was
closed Wednesday, May 11 at
6:00 p.m. However, the Warm
Springs tribe were allowed to
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The destruction o f the Tribal fence around the Agency Cemetery is an example of the type of
vandalism to Tribal property. According to Les Yaw, Tribal Contracting officer it will cost the
Tribes around $200 to repair the fence,
Tribal property vandalized
by Pat Leno
The SpilyayTymoo staff was
notified recently that someone
had knocked over the gate at
l the Agency Cemetery and upon
¡in v e stig a tio n by a sta ff
i member, it was reported to the
police. Vandalism to tribal
property, according to Warm
Springs police lieutenant Ray
Calica, is at about the same
level as it was last year, but if
compared to past years, it has
incresed.
Signs and fences seem to be a
prime target for vandalism
w ith in th e c o m m u n ity .
The perimeter fence at the west
side of West Hills has been been
pulled, pushed and knocked
over, this is a chain-link fence
which was erected to keep
livestock out of the housing
area. The recently added street
signs in Warm Springs for a
while were a prime target for
vandals and many were torn
down. A burned picnic table in
the Dry Creek campgrund was
the source of a bonfire and
destroyed. Now the latest
discovered destruction of the
Agency cemetery fence can be
added to the list.
Calica said, “The elders of
our tribes had the foresight to
p la n a n d p re s e rv e th is
reservation so the younger
g e n e r a tio n s w o u ld have
resources. It is thanks to the
elders that we have as much as
we p re s e n tly h av e b u t
everytime someone destroys
tribal property they are costing
the Tribe. It is Tribal money
which built the signs, picnic
tables and fences, it will be
tribal money which will be used
to repair the damage.
“ R especting our elders
means also respecting their
wishes and preserving what
they built for us.” concluded
Calica.
fish until they caught the'242
salmon approved under a
permit approved prior to the
C olum bia R iver C om pact
decision to close the season.
The decision for closure
came after the number of
spring chinook taken off
scaffolds was measured. An
estimated 500 fish were taken.
This was more than expected
and therefore influenced the
total to be taken by each tribe.
The permit allocated 2,000
chinook between the tribes.
The Future Tribal Needs
catch for Warm Spring totaled
slightly over 500, approximate
ly 7,500 pounds. The Warm
Springs quota was filled by
Thursday, May 12.
Head fisherman for the first
week for the ceremonial fishery
was Kenny Blackwolf. For the
second week it was Harold
Greene.
The next season for summer
chinook on the Columbia
River is set for mid-July.
Scaffold fishing begins June 1.
Renovation planned
Boaters may be launching at
- Mecca or Trout Creek more
than at Warm Springs, across
from the Rainbow Market, for
the beginning m onths of
summer. Renovation work will
be taking place at the Highway
26 launching site.
Income from the sale of user
p a sse s h a s a llo w e d f o r
im p ro v e m e n ts a lo n g the
D eschutes R iver betw een
Pelton Reregulating Dam and
the Columbia River.
The Warm Springs renova
tions will include improved
parking and launching facilities
and toilets. The work is
expected to be completed
by mid-June.
Boater fees for use of the
Deschutes River is SI.75 per
day or $12 for the year. 1 nbal
members do not need to pay a
fee but should carry tribal
enrollment identification.
If stopping along the river’s
banks, boaters are reminded
that between June 1 and
October 1 only fires fueled by
briquets, propane or white gas
are allowed. All fires must be
contained within a stove or
firepan.
Wood fires are allowed only
between October 1 and June 1
and then only with wood
brought into the campsite since
use of dead or downed trees for
fires is prohibited year around.
M any agencies work in
cooperation for the Deschutes
River boaters pass system
including Oregon State Police,
State Marine board, federal
Bureau of Land Management,
Warm Springs Confederated
Tribes, Oregon department of
Fish and Wildlife and the
Wasco County Sheriffs office.
Proposed plant at Chemawa vacated
As the result of objections
from area student residents
including patrons of Chemawa
school near Salem the site of a
$41 million trash-burning plant
has been changed.
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Originally, the site being
considered was just north of
C hem aw a In d ia n sch o o l.
Objections came from the
Warm Springs Tribal Council,
the BIA Portland Area Office,
the C hem aw a B oard of
directors as well as from many
o th er concerned parents.
Accompanied with protests
from a Salem group. Families
for a Responsible Government,
the site was changed to one
considered a second choice.
Trans-Energy of Oregon is
attempting to meet required
land use changes at the new
plant on the water table and is
asking for a traffice study to
analyze the effects of increased
use in the area.
Trans Energy would be
required to build a sewer and
water system for the plant and
community.
It will be several weeks
before final action is taken on
the site. There is still the
possibility that Trans Energy
could locate at the controver
sial outside of Keizer near
Chemawa as the board of
commissioners has also ap
proved of that site.
Speller competes at district
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Brooks site so construction by
their firm can begin.
The Marion County Board
of Commissioners has given
conditional approval to land
use changes necessary before
construction of the garbage-to-
energy plant begins. Approval
is pending until these changes
are made.
The conditions requiring
change include reduction of the
site from 30 to 15 acres which
will eliminate a proposed park.
The board has also asked the
state Water Resource board to
analyze potential effects of the
Tanna Sixkiller
Accomodate, a-c-c-o-m-o-d-
a-t-e. Competition in spelling is
not a thing of the past. Contests
still take place at district levels
and even at state levels which
allow spellers to show their
ability.
On May 20 eight students
from the 509-J school district
will compete in the county
spelling bee to be held at the
Support Services building in
Madras. Tanna Sixkiller from
Warm Springs elementary is
among those students. She will
compete against: Culver-Kelli
Burke, Connie Finley, Gary
Lancaster; Buff elementary-
K ris D e la m a r te r ; a n d ,
Metolius-Victor Muniz. Other
students from the district
competing at different levels
are Aaron Kendall and Patricia
Day.
The winner of the spelling
bee will go on to the state
spelling competition to be held
in Salem during the Oregon
State Fair, September 3.
Warm Springs representa
tive Tanna Sixkiller is busy
getting ready for the spelling
competition by studying more
d ifficu lt w ords such as
accomodate and harrassed.
S h e ’s excited about the
competition and thinks there
may be a chance she will win.